CapitaLand Investment's ESG Policies

Understanding our Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) impacts is an important part of CapitaLand’s business operations and delivering value to our stakeholders. CapitaLand aims to future-proof its developments and bring greater safety and supply chain standards by addressing the risks of climate change, EHS risks and opportunities right from the design stage through the implementation of its CapitaLand Sustainable Building Guidelines (SBG). The SBG is an in-house guide to ensure environmental, health and safety considerations are factored in at all stages of a project, from feasibility, design, procurement, construction, operation to redevelopment.

CapitaLand Investment (CLI) 2030 Sustainability Master Plan targets are also embedded in the SBG through the Environment, Health and Safety Impact Assessment (EHS IA) to guide the businesses to consider EHS risks and opportunities upfront and identify mitigation measures earlier. 

We are committed to promoting positive impact within the communities where we operate. This is why we implement universal design on CapitaLand’s properties - this means our properties are socially sustainable for minimal impact to communities, and flexible enough for change in the future.

Our people also play a key role in our integrated sustainability strategy. We focus on building human capital through providing equal opportunities for our employees’ continual learning and training to help them develop in their personal and professional capacities. CLI is a signatory to the Institute of Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Diversity in Action initiative, pledging to advance our DEI practices.

We share the United Nations Global Compact’s (UNGC) commitment to deliver lasting benefits to people and communities and are a signatory to the UNGC's principles on Human Rights and Labour. As such, CLI has in place a Social Charter which upholds and respect these principles to protect individual rights with a zero tolerance stance towards child/forced labour and unlawful discrimination; as well as a Supply Chain Code of Conduct to influence suppliers to operate responsibly in the areas of environmental management, human rights, health and safety, and anti-corruption.

Occupational health and safety policies are also maintained to ensure the workplace health and safety of staff, the safety of residents, shoppers, tenants, the public and our supply chain at our properties.

As part of social responsibility, our staff are also encouraged to give back. This could be volunteering through the CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), our philanthropic arm, or via other community engagement activities.

At CapitaLand, we believe that practicing good corporate governance is central to the health and stability of our financial markets and the economy.

We adhere to an ethics and code of business conduct policy which deals with issues such as confidentiality, conduct and work discipline, corporate gifts and concessionary offers. We do not make donations to politicians nor political parties.

Clear policies and guidelines on how to handle workplace harassment and grievances are in place, while our zero-tolerance policy against fraud, bribery and corruption (FBC) extends to our business dealings with third-party service providers and vendors. CapitaLand also put in place policies and procedures such as Group Procurement, Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Terrorism Financing, Supply Chain Code of Conduct, Vendor Controlled List, Financial Authority Limits, Corporate Gifts and Concessionary Offers policies, etc. together with FBC Risk Management Policy implemented to help detect and prevent FBC risks.